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Baked arancini in tomato sauce
Ingredients
2
onions
, finely diced
Olive
or
canola oil
, for frying
4 cloves
garlic
, crushed
2 tsp (10ml)
paprika
2 cups (500ml)
long-grain white rice
or
risotto rice
1 cup (250ml)
white wine
or
stock
4 cups (1L)
chicken stock
2 Tbsp (30ml)
butter
½ cup (50g)
parmesan
, grated
Salt
and milled
pepper
1 can (400g)
chopped tomatoes
1 sachet (50g)
tomato paste
200g
green beans
, cleaned and chopped
2 tsp (10ml)
mixed herbs
(or a handful of fresh thyme and rosemary)
½ tsp (3ml)
sugar
¼ cup (60ml)
flour
2
eggs
, beaten
1 cup (250ml)
breadcrumbs
Method
Fry
1 onion in a glug of oil.
Add
half the garlic and paprika and fry for a minute.
Add
rice, wine and 3 cups (750ml) stock.
Simmer
over a low heat until all liquid has been absorbed.
Remove
from heat and stir in butter and parmesan. Season well.
Cover
and cool.
For
the sauce, fry remaining onion and garlic in a glug of oil until golden.
Add
tomatoes, tomato paste, beans and remaining stock, and simmer for 10 minutes.
Season
with mixed herbs, sugar, salt and pepper.
To
make the arancini, scoop ½ cup (125ml) cooked rice and roll into a ball. Repeat with remaining rice.
Preheat
oven to 180°C.
Coat
each ball in flour, then egg, then crumbs.
Spoon
tomato sauce into an ovenproof dish and arrange arancini in sauce.
Bake
for 30-35 minutes.
Serve
sprinkled with basil.
Recipe Source:
PnP Fresh Living
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